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Teynham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 287 road traffic collisions in Teynham, Swale, from 1979 to 2025, and 377 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 48 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
287
1,595th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
377
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
7 people killed
Serious collisions
48
55 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Teynham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.1%
  • Serious4817%
  • Slight23381%

What the data shows

  • Teynham had 48 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 7% more than the 45 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Teynham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 64 children under 16 were killed or injured in Teynham, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Teynham.

Where Teynham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,595th
Most casualties
1,578th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,780th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday32 (11%)
  • Tuesday43 (15%)
  • Wednesday40 (14%)
  • Thursday36 (13%)
  • Friday53 (18%)
  • Saturday45 (16%)
  • Sunday38 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight208 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit65 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (2.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway283 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph252 (88%)
  • 40 mph6 (2.1%)
  • 60 mph27 (9.4%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds230 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds40 (14%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant195 (52%)
  • Pedestrian66 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist65 (17%)
  • Cyclist32 (8.5%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Teynham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Teynham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Teynham peaked at 11 in 2002; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202448
2023710
202258
202147
202044
201956
201857
201756
201658
201556
201468
20131014
201213
201126
201024
200922
2008914
200767
200622
2005910
200456
200378
20021114
2001910
20001013
1999811
1998714
199733
19961012
199544
1994813
199367
1992912
19911111
199067
198946
198812
198756
198689
19851011
19841016
198379
198234
198178
198067
19791010

Map of recent crashes in Teynham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Teynham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Teynham

The 24 most recent collisions in Teynham happened between 7 January 2021 and 14 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Teynham

Of the 287 collisions in Teynham, 178 were on the A2.

Collisions in Teynham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2178248629

Council area for Teynham

Teynham is in Swale, where police recorded 19,855 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Teynham accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Teynham

All 287 collisions in Teynham were in the ME9 postcode district.